Composite railway-tie.



H. J. BUELL. COMPOSITE RAILWAY TIE.

.AIPIJOA'I'IOR FILED FEB. 18, 1911.

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ASSIGNOR OF ONE-EIGHTH T0 JOSEPHINE L.

SPROAT, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM ARTHUR PLASTOW, OF HAMILTON, CANADA.

COMPOSITE RAILWAY TIE'.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1911.

Application filed February 18, 1911. Serial No. 609,830.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY J B nLL,acitizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, county of Rich] and, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composite Railway-Ties and I do declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in composite railway ties, my object being to provide a tie forming a cushion support forv the rails equal to.that of a wood tie, and at the same time dispense with the greater portion of the wood ordinarily employed in constructing a tie, andto this end the body of my improved tie consists of two metal plates between the extremities of which wood blocks are interposed'and secured by bolts, the blocks being vertically arranged to project both above and below the metal plates. The upper surfaces of these blocks form seats for'the rails, while their lower surfaces rest upon the prepared rock' base or bed forming the support for the ties. The space between the plates intermediate the cushion blocksis open, whereby the central portions of the plates are permitted .to embed themselves in the roadbed, thus preventing the ties from slipping. The absence of a filling between the cushion blocks, is important from the fact thatthere is virtually no central fulcrum over which the tie may be broken by pressure upon its extremities. Furthermore, this facture.

Another feature of the tie consists in the employment of rail-anchoring plates which extend across the tie on opposite sides of the rail, the said plates having hooked extremities which engage shortangle ba'rs secured to the opposlte sides of the tie plates. These rail-anchoring plates are employed on the outside rails on curves, to prevent the rails from spreading in response exerted by the train. Having briefly outlined my improved con struction, I will proceed to describe the the same parts in Let the numeral 5 designate each of twofeature makes the he exceedingly cheap 'to manu-- place. "cured to the cushion" blocks by means of same in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In this drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of my improved composite ties showing the'rails in cross section and spiked in place, wood cushions forming seats for the rails. Fig. 2 is a top plan viewof a section of track showing two ties of my improved construction. Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33, Fig. 2, looking toward the right or in the .direction of the arrow, the partsbeing shown on alarger scale. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1,- but showing the railanchoring plates in connection with one of same. Fig. 6. is a section taken on the line 66, Fig. 5, looking toward the right. Fig. 7 is a view looking in the direetion of arrow 7, Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is adetail view of one of the sideplates of my improved tie, one extremity of the plate being equipped with an angle-bar for use in connection with the railanchormg plates. Fig. 9 is a perspective view in detail of one of the rail-anchoring plates.

The same reference characters indicate all the views.

side plates separated to receive cushion blocks 6 interposed between their extremities and. held in place by. means of bolts 7 passed through registering openingsformed in the side plates and the cushion blocks, nuts 23 being appliedto the threaded extremities of the" bolts. These blocks are somewhat thicker vertically than the side plates and project both above and below the same as shown at 8 and 9. By virtue of projecting above the plates, the blocks form the spikes being driven into the 70. I the rails. Fig. 5 1s a top plan view of the cushion seats for the rails. 10, while by 'virtue of extending below'the plates, the cushion blocks engage the roadbed and give a cushion support to the rails equal to that of an all wood tie. Furthermore, since the lower edges of. the plates do not engage the roadbed, there is no strain upon the bolts -7 which retain the cushion blocks in On a straight track the rails are sespikes 12 however, on curves the block upon which the outside rail rests is equipped with" rail-anchoring plates 13 which extend across the cushion block on opposite sides of the rail, the parts 1% directly above 'the'cushion I block, overlapping the base of the rail. These parts are provided with covered re- 16 having perforations 17 to receive bolts 18 which pass below the rail in a direction parallel with the length of the tie, and are secured in place by nuts, thus locking the two rail-anchoring plates in position. Each lug. is also provided on its under surface with a hook 19 adapted to engage the under surface of the horizontal flange 20 of an angle plate 21 secured to the upper portion of each side plate 5 of the tie by means of bolts 22. The rail-anchoring plates are slid intoposition by a movement lengthwise of thetie, after which they are connected by means of the bolts 18 as heretofore explained. The topfian 'es 20 of the angle plates 21 are of sutficient length to permit the hooked extremities of the. rail-anchoring plates to engage the said flanges without in-- terfering with the heads of the bolts 22. These bolts 22 are passed through both side plates 5, as well as the cushion blocks 6, nuts 2st. being applied to their threaded extremiies. It willbe understood that there is a pair angle plates at each extremity of tie, whereby it becomes practicable to see .-.re the rail anchoring plates in place.

' From the foregoing descriptionthe use of ray improved composite tie will be readily understood. Where the track is straight the construction illustrated in. Figs. 1, 2 and dis employed; while on curves, the extremities of the ties where the outside rails are located, are equipped with the rail-anchoring plates 13 to prevent the spreading of the outer rail or lateral movement incident to the outward thrust or centrifugal force developed. by the train.

Having thus described my invention, what'- I claim is: l

. 1. A composite railway tie comprising two separated plates, and fiber. cushion blocks interposed. between the extremities of the plates and projecting both above and below the latter, the said blocks being suitably secured to the plates, substantially as described.

' 2. A composite'railway tie comprising two separated plates, and fiber cushion blocks interposed between the extremities of the plates and suitably secured-in place, the said blocks projecting both'above and below the "plates, the portion of the tie between the,

cushion blocks being devoid of filling between the plates.

3. A composite-railway tie composed of metal plates, and cushion blocks interposed between the extremities of the plates, the

said blocks being secured in place and problocks being devoid of filling, and rail-anchoring plates applied to one extremity of the tie to prevent the outside rail from spreading on curves.

l. A compositerailway tie composed of wood and metal, the metal portion consisting of two plates, cushion blocks interposed between the extremities of the plates, the central portion of the tie between the plates being devoid of filling, rail-anchoring plates extending across the top ofthe" tie on opposite sides of the rail and overlappin its base, the extremities of the said plates aving hooks and the metal plates of the tie being equipped on opposite sides with an le plates which the hooked extremities of t e rail-anchoring plates engage, the extremities of the latter being 'connected, forthe purpose set forth.

5. The combination with a railway tie and a rail seated thereon, of'rail-anchoring plates applied transversely to the top of the tie on opposite sides of the rail and overlapping the base of the latter, the said plates having covered recesses to receive the heads of rail-securing spikes, the opposite extremities of the rail-anchoring plates being connected and the'tie being provided on opposite sides with short angle bars which are engaged by the extremities of the rail-an: choring plates, substantially asdescribed.

6. A. railway tie comprising metal plates spaced by cushion blocks interposed between the plates at their opposite extremities, and forming cushionseats for the rails, the said blocks extending both above'and below the metal plates, rail-anchoring platesextending across'the tie on opposite sides of a rail, the extremities of the saidplates projecting laterally beyond the tie and having hooked extremities, short angle bars secured to the HARRY J. BUELL.

- Witnesses:

' M. MoIN'rYRE,

JNO; W. CUNNINGHA jecting both above and'below the said plates, the portion of the tie between the cushion metal plates'pn opposite sides of the tie, the

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